These Personalized DayWatch Astrological Monthly Calendars are for the professional. They are calculated using the 'Ptolemy' Aspect set, and include the daily Transit to Transit aspects, void of course moon, plus your daily Personal Transit to Natal aspects, personal void of course Moon, monthly eclipses, stations, New and Full Moon Chart, Mercury Retrograde aspects, Progressed and Solar Arc aspects, plus a Monthly Ephemeris for your time zone - all in symbol format. (Exact Birth Time, and City of Residence location required).Note: The monthly format does not include the exact times for the Moon transits. For exact times, please order the weekly format below. If you would like a different aspect set, please request in the comments section of the order form.

#1 Choose: Portrait or Landscape#2 Choose Red/Green Days: On or Off* Red days represent high physical energy.
* Green days represent high mental energy.
* Black days are neither more physical or mental.

Two Additional Options: #1 Red/Green Additonal Calendar Page For every aspect formed on a given day a value is determined based on the aspect and the two planets involved. This value is either RED (negative)or GREEN (positive) using the traditional interpretations of the planets and aspects. Red generally indicates change or physical activity and green ease or mental activity. The top scoring red and green days are used on the main calendar page. Option #2:#2 Transiting ephemeris on separate page.

These Personalized Astrological Weekly Calendars are for the professional. They are calculated using the 'Ptolemy' Aspect set, and include the exact times for all daily Transit to Transit aspects with the void of course moon, plus the exact time of all personal Transit to Natal aspects; the Progressed and Solar Arc aspects, and personal void of course moon - all in symbol format. No interpretation text is included, but plenty of room to write your appointments and make notes.(Exact Birth Time, and City of Residence location required). Report length approximately one page per week (12 Mo.= 48 Pages). If you would like a different aspect set, please request in the comments section of the order form.

Daywatch Astrology Calendar Features

Both Transit to Transit & Transit to Natal Aspects

Most printed calendars can only provide Transit to Transit information (in black); these are the Aspects that will happen for everyone on the planet; that will set the general tone for the day as you go through it. Day Watch also gives you Transit to Natal(in blue) Aspects; these are the aspects that will be happening only to you, and not to everyone else.

Standard USA Time Zones
This calendar provides the lunar phase and zodiac sign change in the time zone in use for your city. The zone in use can be found at the bottom of the “Events”
box. You may adjust times to other zones by subtracting one hour for each zone to the west, or adding one hour for each zone to the east. For the continental United States, the time zones are: Eastern (EST), Central (CST), Mountain (MST), and Pacific (PST).

Daylight Saving Time
Times in this calendar automatically change to Daylight Time (EDT, CDT, MDT, PDT) and return to Standard Time on the appropriate dates.

Moon Void-of-Course
Periods during which the Moon is void-of-course are listed at the beginning of each month. Times are given for your current zone: on the left are the date and time when the Moon’s void-of-course period begins and on the right are the date and time when that period ends. An “a” indicates a.m. and a “p” indicates p.m. The Moon is said to be void-of-course from the time it completes the last major Ptolemaic aspect in a given sign until it leaves that sign.

Stationary and Direct
Stationary times (direct and retrograde) for the planets are given along with their ingresses (sign changes) at the beginning or end of each month. These are calculated for the time when the planet
appears to be stationary and changing direction in longitude and are given for your current zone. The stationary times on the phenomena page are when the planets appear to be stationary as observed in right ascension and do not always coincide exactly with longitude calculations.

Moon’s Phase
The moon's quarter, 1 through 4, are given in the lower left corner of each day. Times are given when a change occurs at the New and Full moons and the first and last quarters.

Sun/Moon Angle
The angle in longitude between the Sun and the Moon is given for the beginning of each day. When the Sun and Moon form the same angle they held at her birth it marks the beginning of a new personal lunar cycle. That day may be called a lunar birthday and the angle is printed in red. Calendar Features by Michael Erlewine

Monthly Cycle of the Moon
The Moon cycle is a good place to begin learning to use this calendar. The Moon builds through the First Quarter to the brightness of the Full Moon(start of Third Quarter) and then passing to the diminished light of the Fourth quarter and back to another New Moon. The Moon cycle is longer than the cycle of a
day and shorter than the cycle of a year. Even the non-astrologer notices the Full Moon each month
when the full disk passes overhead around midnight. Many have trouble sleeping when the Full Moon makes this overhead transit. Often sleep will not come until the Moon finishes rising, finishes overhead and begins to set. This can be a way to determine whether a late-night party or bout of TV watching will be a satisfying experience. In general you can plan on a building of tension (and attention) while the Full Moon is rising and an easing of that state just after the Moon crests overhead. A good time to bring activities to a close is after the Moon crests and begins to set. Sleep often comes with ease at this point.

Learning to get in step with and make use of the Moon cycle is apart of astrological basic training. There has been general agreement among astrologers for thousands of years as to how the lunar cycle functions and the uses to which it can be put. The lunar cycle extends from the New Moon (Moon and Sun at the same point in the zodiac) through the Full Moon (Moon and Sun on opposite sides of the earth), and back to another New Moon.

The New Moon is a time of
conception and a beginning; the Full Moon a time of fruition or fullness. An idea or insight
obtained at the New Moon is
externalized through the first
two Quarters and reaches
completion or fullness at the Full
Moon. After the Full Moon the
implications or meaning of what
was achieved at the Full Moon is
appreciated, the lesson is learned
and one prepares for a new and
perhaps more perfect idea to
form at the next New Moon.

The cycle of the Moon resembles
all cycles; it has a point of
greatest inwardness or
conception (New Moon) and a
point of greatest externalization
or fullness (Full Moon). The Moon
cycle increases (inspires) to a
fullness (Full Moon) and
decreases or wanes (expires) to
a new beginning (New Moon).
Projects begun at the New Moon
reach fulfillment at the Full Moon.
The first two Quarters when the
Moon is waxing and growing with
light represent a period to strive
and to build into reality a project
that has been conceived, probably
during the New Moon. This is the
time to project outward and
make real something visualized in
the mind: projects—a new effort,
a new lawn, a new start, a new
anything.

The New Moon and the First
Quarter are for making the push
from an insight outward. The
New Moon point is similar to the
Capricorn part of the zodiac cycle
(a time for vision), and the
Second Quarter (end of first)
corresponds to the Aries part of
that cycle: a time when the idea
breaks into reality and is
launched. The First Quarter is a
time to get underway and make
dreams (ideas) come true. The
end of the First Quarter and
beginning of the Second Quarter
mark that point in the lunar cycle
when some portion of an idea can
become reality. The Second
Quarter though the Full Moon
(beginning Third Quarter) achieves
outward realization or
actualization of what was seen or
felt at the New Moon impulse. It
is a time for physical work and
input. It is during the Second
Quarter that one puts into a
project the energy and material
that gives it substance and form.

The Full Moon makes outward
extension or completion of the
project. For better or worse,
this is it! If one has tuned into
the insight available at the New
Moon—and worked to that
end—the Full Moon can represent
a time of fruition and completion.
What has been dreamed or seen
in the mind is now real and
experienced in the flesh. If one
has worked at cross purposes to
that New Moon message, then
the Full Moon might bring home
that fact as well. One can reap
the reward of a misguided effort.
Above all, the Full Moon
represents an experience—a
fullness.

The Third Quarter is a time during
which one can appreciate and
begin to reflect on the experience
that peaked at the time of the
Full Moon. This Quarter is
traditionally a time for learning
and assimilation. The Full Moon
impact and experience begins to
pass, and there are thoughts
about that experience. One is
able to appreciate whatever that
experience was, drawing
conclusions of one sort or
another—taking a lesson. The
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end of the Third Quarter and start
of the Fourth Quarter represents
the responses to the thoughts
that came during the reflection
possible in the Third Quarter. It
is during the Fourth Quarter that
one prunes and weeds out what
is of no value or use. It is a time
for constructive elimination and
release. It is often referred to as
“seed time,” the time when one
takes to heart the seed or kernel
of the experiences had at the Full
Moon. That experience and the
cycle for that month are drawing
to a close, and nearing another
new cycle.

Since this is a cycle or circle,
there is no beginning or end. The
lunar cycle (phases of the Moon)
is something one learns to use;
as described above in theory, it is
seldom experienced in such
clarity in everyday life. Over time
one recognizes parts of the cycle
and learns to use them. It is
hard to push or begin projects
during the Fourth Quarter—in
particular the three days or so
before a New Moon.
Get-togethers, parties and social
events seem to come off well
around or just before the Full
Moon. One learns to take
advantage of qualities and
opportunities of each section of
the Moon cycle, thereby
developing an awareness.

The Aspects
Astrology consists of the sum
total of all of the various
planetary cycles and their
interrelationship. Aspect
analysis is an important way to
give a shorthand account of this
interrelationship. Aspects
between two planets refer to the
angular separation or angle
formed by two planets in relation
to some common center (as
measured from the Earth, Sun,
etc.). For instance, if one stands
on the Earth and takes a look at
the angle or aspect formed by
the Sun and Moon at the time of
the First Quarter, it is a 90° or
square aspect. The Sun and
Moon would be separated
(angular separation) by an angle
(aspect) of 90°. This 90° angle is
termed a square aspect in the
language of astrology.

Angles or aspects can range from
literally no angular separation
(when two planets are conjunct
or occupy the same point in the
heavens) to the maximum aspect
or angular separation of 180° (an
opposition), when two planets are
on opposite sides of the
measuring point (Earth or Sun).
All possible angles between the
conjunction (0°) and the
opposition (180°) may also be
considered. In general, only
certain major angles or aspects
are used by astrologers. These
are the conjunction (0°),
opposition (180°), trine (120°),
square (90°), sextile (60°) and
semisquare (45°). There are
many other minor aspects used
by astrologers and some of them
are listed in the Instruction
Summary page.

The major aspects are most often divided into two categories: the
soft aspects and the hard
aspects (also called good/bad,
easy/difficult, etc.). In general,
the square and semisquare
aspects are considered hard
aspects, and the trine and sextile
aspects as easy. The conjunction
and its reverse, the opposition,
are not considered as belonging
to either the hard or the easy
categories, but comprise a third
category: emphatic aspects,
standing for emphasis, impact
and prominence. The hard
aspects (square and semisquare)
are indications of physicality,
materiality and incarnation (of
one sort or another) in general.
The soft aspects (trines and
sextiles) refer to thought,
reflection, ideas about something
and spirituality.

In the tradition of astrology,
squares and other hard aspects
have been unwelcome when found
in a chart, while trines and the
so-called soft aspects are
desirable. The soft aspects are
the facilitators of action. They
ease or help a process.

The hard
aspects represent the physical
building up of the life process
itself, the materiality and physical
processes of life. Since the soft
aspects ease and work with the
physical, they have been seen as
desirable by most people.
The hard aspects have been
unwelcome in a natal chart since
they refer to effort and a more
physical existence. Modern
astrology understands that life
would be impossible without both
types of aspects, and a chart
without hard aspects is just as
difficult as one without soft
aspects. What is needed is
balance between the physical
(hard aspects) and non-physical
(soft aspects) in each chart.

The emphatic aspects
(conjunction and opposition)
combine with either hard or soft
aspects to provide increased
emphasis and importance. For
example, the opposition combines
with the square to form the
powerful T-square aspect (a third
planet square to two in
opposition), and with the trine to
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form the wedge (a third planet
trine/sextile to two in opposition),
or even the famous kite aspect
(grand trine with an opposition to
one of its points). The
conjunction and opposition add
emphasis and importance to
either hard or soft aspects.

Aspects between planets are
important indicators of
astrological activity. Multiple
aspects that occur
simultaneously to link planets
together to form a larger pattern
assume even greater importance.
Examples of these larger
patterns are the T-cross, grand
trine and wedge patterns. These
great linking aspect patters or
archetypes, as they are called,
are a mainstay of modern
astrological analysis.

Major planets and lunar aspects
are given for each calendar date.
The lunar aspects are listed at
the bottom of the box, while the
planetary aspects are given in
the center of the box.

Eclipses
Each year there are usually four
eclipses, two of the Sun and two
of the Moon. These eclipses
represent times when an exact
line-up of the Earth and Sun
takes place. So exact is the
alignment that one body casts a
shadow on another (lunar eclipse)
or a body passes between
another to block the view of the
Sun (solar eclipse). Eclipses are
simply New or Full Moons with
extraordinary alignment or focus.
They have been considered for
centuries to be astrological
events of the first magnitude. If
we consider New and Full Moons
to be of importance, then
eclipses represent the keys to
the lunar cycle for any year.

Vision of the Eclipse
Mentioned earlier (Phases of the
Moon) was the idea about the
New Moon containing an impulse
or insight that grows to fruition
at the Full Moon. Eclipses, then,
provide moments of extraordinary
vision. It is possible for some
people, at least at certain times
in their lives, to experience what
is called the Vision of the Eclipse,
and to remember or keep that
vision in mind. There appears to
be a theme or principal insight
connected with major eclipses.
The word vision does not mean
the fairy tale dream picture—but
it is related. A vision is a
moment of extreme clarity or
understanding when “in a flash”
one knows or experiences
something in its fullness. What
is seen or known in a moment
may take months to appreciate
or digest in its entirety. There
are times in everyone’s live when
he or she has vision or sees some
intrinsic truth about life.

There appears to be a common or
communal vision that occurs
around the time of major
eclipses. While each individual
interprets the insight or vision in
a personal way, the theme or
essence of the vision is a
common experience. It is
possible to share that vision.
Everyone experiences it at once.
However, only some people are
capable of remembering the
experience in a conscious fashion.
Often these people are privileged
to be consciously aware of the
vision of an eclipse at special or
crucial moments in their
lifetimes. The message or vision
of any given eclipse will tend to
dominate the deeper or
subconscious mind for months
surrounding that eclipse. It is a
peculiarity of these eclipse
moments that they can happen
days or even weeks before or
after the actual moment of the
eclipse. That is, the eclipse
theme pervades the time prior to
and after the actual physical
event.

The above information is intended to aid the individual in awareness of some of these important
moments. Learning to recognize a moment of vision is important. Take advantage of these enhanced moments of vision surrounding an eclipse. If the point in the zodiac where an eclipse occurs is in high focus in the natal chart, then the particular eclipse may have special importance. If you have planets at, near, or in major aspect to the eclipse points, you may be in store for a momentous life experience. In general, eclipses of the Sun (New Moons) represent vision into the nature of life (ideas about life), while
eclipses of the Moon (Full Moons) represent a waking experience—a sensational event.